Backblasts

Date: 2023-11-29
AO: apollo
Q: Monk
PAX: Bluegrass
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: cotton, pickers, imperial walkers, hillbillies, down dog, world’s, greatest stretch, cobra Kai, Moroccan, nightclubs, Fellowship lap.
THE THANG: DORA 123 with a run to the 50 yard line, five Burpees, and back. In order to stay together and talk, we did the runs and exercises in rounds of five, 20 Merkins, 40 LBC, 60 squats. MARY: fellowship lab
ANNOUNCEMENTS: if you want to run across the county with rambler, it’s coming up
COT: another ordinary life story about why to pay attention to your kids while they still live with you: I turned off the light at 10:15 yesterday evening because I knew I had to lead the workout. About that time, my daughter started to unwind from doing her homework by playing the guitar and singing just down the hall. At first I thought, “really? We’re starting this now?“ Then I thought better of it, and decided to just enjoy the music as I tried to fall asleep.

Date: 2023-11-29
AO: delphi
Q: Peanuts
PAX: Nano, Pop Fly, Obadiah, Crop Duster, Blue Steel, Doodles, Battleship FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: SSHs; WMH; MP; DB; HSS; Calf Stretch
THE THANG: We all gathered around the unadorned aluminum pole and divided into 2 teams of 3 while Popfly and Nano gave moral (and sometimes immoral – e.g. my garter belt) encouragement. One pax did coupon work on BB court (KB swings, front raise; OH press; calf raises; curls); one pax carried 2 coupons down the trail; and one pax did 🦵 work (air squats; MHs; Dirty Dogs; merkins; Bulgarian split squats) at the bottom of the trail. When pax carrying coupons down trail get to the end they switch and🦵 pax brings the coupons back up to BB court. Continue this cycle until the grievances have been aired. MARY: went around the circle
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ramble on
COT: we all encourage one another and keep each other working hard in the cold, miserable gloom. I appreciate you guys for keeping me engaged and encouraged. Even Obadiah was complaining – it was a Festivus Miracle.

Date: 2023-11-28
AO: thegeneral
Q: 2 percent
PAX: citrus, Hard Knox, Spud, Babel, Gherkin, Fairweather, Major Payne, Magoo, bogey, Thom Mukri, Inertia FNGs: 1 Inertia
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Arm Circles, Moroccan Nightclubs, Michael Phelps, Willy Mays Hays, RVE’s, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch, Fellowship Lap
THE THANG: After a brief fellowship lap the PAX gathered around to learn the true meaning of Festivus: a non-denominational holiday filled with one sided ridicule and mindless physical tests of strength. Also, there was an aluminum pole. • The tradition of Festivus began with the Airing of Grievances:
The QIC had a lot of problems with a select few PAX, and now they were going to hear about it! The QIC barked the ways in which they had disappointed him over the past year. After each name was read, and an appropriate insult hurled, a burpee was performed collectively by the group. • As Festivus rolled on, we came to the Feats of Strength:
Track – pair up, each pair took turns carrying the Festivus pole ~100m and back while the other PAX does a high knee skip. • Remaining PAX performs the following until each team returns: o Mountain Climbers
o Soccer kicks
o Star Jumps
o Heisman Shuffle
o Bonnie Blairs
• Pull up bar – 2 rounds, max effort, remaining PAX performs o Spider Man Merkins
o LBC’s
o Dips
o Break Dancers
o Mountain Climbers
o Alternating Shoulder Taps
• 20 step ups, 20 Derkins

MARY: Flutter Kicks, Alabama Prom Date, Nolan Ryan’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2023 County Rambler 12/2, Congratulations to Fairweather as he just got engaged!
COT: No matter what holiday you celebrate, real, fictitious, or nothing at all….I wish all of you and your families a safe and happy December and a joyous New Year.

Date: 2023-11-28
AO: mondaynightruckers
Q: Jetstream
PAX: Jetstream
FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
THE THANG: 4 miles along sidewalks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See posts about the rambler this weekend for anyone who is interested COT: Give thanks for the Lord is good

Date: 2023-11-27
AO: acropolis
Q: Hightower
PAX: Obadiah, Doodles, Ashe, Peanuts, Monk
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
A few warmups and stretches, followed by fellowship pace jog to start our tour around Acropolis. Including some Frankenstein and Lunge walks.

THE THANG:
Jog around Woodson and Frost campus and stopping intentionally for added beatdowns and views. Frost parking lot: rounds of sprints and recovery walks.
Continuing with Burpee Bobby until front of Woodson.
Then switched to bear crawl across parking lot. 3 spaces forward, then crawl bear back 1. Continue Burpee Bobby return to starting point.

MARY:
Ring of Fire, each PAX lead their round of Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
County Rambler: this Sat, 12/2. Options to walk, volunteer to support and to make donations for Miriam’s Kitchen. See Slack for more info.
Prayers for YardBird’s wife recovery from her procedure. Prayers for Monk’s wife also recovering from procedure.

COT:
Near the end of reading book, Comfort Crisis. Highly recommend if you haven’t read it yet.
Caught my attention reading about Bhutan, a country that’s 2nd in the world as happiest behind Disney. Why? In their culture they value Mindfulness over Checklist Accomplishments. Rather than material items, social status they value full body mindfulness. They further explained, if we’re hiking and there’s a cliff 500 yards away, that’s death. Rather than race towards death, they take their time, take the scenic route, enjoy life’s views, speak to people that are important to them. They would rather prepare for death so it doesn’t surprise them or die with any regrets.